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a hard shell on the back of some animals (such as turtles or crabs)
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Recent Examples of carapaces
Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
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Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carapaces
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Just three days in and these XL-sized shields are thick as thieves, which doesn’t seem threatening to anyone whose name isn’t Annie.—
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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields platforms from liability for what users post, leaving victims and their families with limited legal footing against them.—
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Sigmon recommends mixing functional items like matching plates and bowls with decorative pieces like art, vases, and books.—
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Among her more significant findings were the discovery in 2006 of foundation plates dedicating the temple to Isis, along with royal artifacts and many coins bearing Cleopatra's likeness.—
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Collect shells in a second bowl to appear tidy.—
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Officials said Theobald was on active parole and had shotgun shells in his pocket.—
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When all the husks are flattened, begin attaching them to a piece of cork with hot glue.—
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They’re wrapped in banana leaves instead of corn husks, are flatter and more rectangular in shape, and are about three times the size of the kind traditionally steamed in corn husks (perfect for sharing).—
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Police recovered three fired 9mm cartridge casings and an empty gun holster at the scene.—
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While processing the scene, police allegedly recovered three semi-automatic handguns along with 26 shell casings, according to court documents.—
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The pods—used for laundry as well—are wrapped in a type of plastic called polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA.—
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Edamame, Soybeans, and Soy Products Edamame is an immature soybean in green pods.—
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Thus, it is used in many products, including the hulls of NASA and SpaceX spaceships.—
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Dirty feeders can harbor spoiled or moldy feed and seed hulls that are filled with harmful or even deadly bacteria.—
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His models could have been downloaded from Zelda, with cargo pants that held axes and sword sheaths remade in fabric.—
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Gone are the Davos power sheaths and blunt business bob from her time as White House senior adviser.—
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“Carapaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carapaces. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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